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Senior Software Platform Engineer (Java/Spring Boot)
About the Company
The Intersect Group is partnering with an industry-leading organization that is focused on delivering innovative digital solutions and scalable technology platforms that support enterprise-wide transformation. This organization is committed to engineering excellence, modern cloud-first development practices, and creating shared technology capabilities that accelerate innovation across multiple business units. Their culture emphasizes collaboration, continuous improvement, and empowering teams to build secure, reliable, and high-performing software solutions.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior Software Platform Engineer to play a critical role in the development, evolution, and adoption of a large-scale engineering platform and framework that supports enterprise application development. This position is ideal for a hands-on engineer who enjoys building software, shaping technical standards, and influencing how development teams deliver applications at scale.
In this role, you will own and enhance a mature engineering platform, contribute directly to application and framework development, and partner closely with engineering teams to drive adoption of shared capabilities. You will help establish modern cloud-native development practices, improve platform reliability, and embed security and operational excellence into the software delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
• Own and maintain a large-scale engineering platform and framework, including enhancements to a complex existing codebase
• Define, evolve, and support the technology stack, shared services, and reusable components leveraged by application teams
• Partner with software engineering teams to implement and adopt framework capabilities across multiple products and applications
• Contribute hands-on through coding, prototyping, peer reviews, infrastructure as code reviews, and engineering collaboration
• Drive cloud-native deployment standards, runtime architecture patterns, and platform delivery practices
• Establish and improve DevSecOps controls, automation, and security best practices within the platform
• Enhance platform observability through logging, metrics, tracing, monitoring, and reliability engineering practices
• Serve as an advocate for platform adoption, technical consistency, and engineering excellence across the organization
Key Requirements
• 7 years of software engineering experience with recent hands-on application development experience
• Strong Java development experience with extensive Spring Boot expertise in enterprise environments
• Experience building, maintaining, or supporting products, platforms, frameworks, APIs, or shared engineering services within large codebases
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform cloud environments
• Strong Kubernetes experience supporting cloud-native application deployments and operations
• Experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated software delivery practices
• Knowledge of DevSecOps methodologies, software security controls, and secure development principles
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional technical teams, provide guidance to developers, and influence engineering best practices
Preferred Qualifications
• Python development experience
• Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog or similar monitoring solutions
• Knowledge of GitOps concepts and tools such as ArgoCD or equivalent technologies
• Experience with build automation tools such as Gradle or similar platforms
• Understanding of AI-enabled software development practices and how AI can be incorporated into modern applications and products
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills
Why Join This Opportunity
• Work on a highly visible enterprise engineering platform utilized across multiple organizations
• Influence platform strategy, engineering standards, and software delivery practices
• Collaborate with experienced software engineers and technology leaders
• Gain exposure to cloud-native architecture, DevSecOps, observability, and emerging AI-driven development capabilities
• Make a measurable impact on the speed, quality, and scalability of software delivery